Remember when

Remember when

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WpMetadataNoticeLast published Sat, Dec 16, 2017
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Remember when you had a crush on Shawn? Remember when you cried in front of your entire school? Remember when you were accused of cheating and was called a slut? You may not remember, but I do. And I'll remember, for as long as you live. Noelle's life has been hard. Some say she has all the money she could ever need, while others say she is a depressed slut. Her teenage years are nothing but rumors and self harm, drinking and violence, and of course, her difficult family and where she stood on the social ladder in her school. You want to know something, something you may have not realized until you discovered this next sentence? You are reading this with that little voice inside your head. Crazy, right? And that voice likes to have it's own opinion, and it isn't afraid to speak what it thinks. Sometimes, that little voice, may encourage you, tell you how amazing and strong you are through those difficult times. Maybe it pushes you to do the impossible. Or like it does to many teens, it pushes you down under. Constantly nagging on about every mistake you've ever made, and never letting you forget about those depressing moments in your past. And that's what people think it's here for. And It's never going to go away. For as long as you live.
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